Anti-government Protest, Political Turmoil | featured news

Groups of U.S. tourists were stuck Saturday trying to find their way out of Egypt amid the chaos and violent protests that have seized the country.

Embattled leader's move falls far short of demands that he give up his 30-year authoritarian rule, leave the country and permit fresh elections.

Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt's top democracy advocate and a key challenger to President Hosni Mubarak, returned to the country Thursday night after declaring he was ready to lead the grass-roots protest movement to a regime change....

In Tunisia, police join demonstrators calling for the interim government to resign.

After preliminary election results raised questions about cheating, protesters torched the headquarters of the government-backed presidential candidate.